FIXER-UPPERSN Drain trap can be do-it-yourself project Integral part of...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 22, 1998 ;     659 words ......will need to become familiar with the drain trap, the J-shaped piece of pipe underneath the sink. A trap can work for years without problems, then...removal or replacement. Fortunately, sink-trap work generally can be handled by do-it-yourselfers...

Unlocking the Trap.(defense)(Industry Overview)

Hockey Digest;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The players hate it, the fans hate it, but the trap thrives, right? After the Devils, the trap's No. 1 proponents, won without it, that may...that has come to define this era of hockey: the trap. For a decade coaches and players have been strategizing...

Kitten snared in trap.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 1, 2005 ;     451 words ......pensioner was fined yesterday for setting an illegal trap which snared a neighbour's kitten William Lloyd...Flintshire magistrates he had never seen the gin trap before. He denied a charge of setting the trap and causing unnecessary suffering to the neighbour...

Steam Trap Troubles? Skip the Psychics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  June 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Hands-On Trap Maintenance Tips From a Field Pro. SECOND...CAPACITY Determining the capacity of a trap is relatively easy given the manufacturer...is and the pressure difference across the trap. If we change either, the capacity changes...

trap

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      475 words ...trap 1 / træp / • n. 1. a device or enclosure designed...used to collect a specified thing: one fuel filter and water trap are sufficient on the fuel system. ∎  a bunker...interests or intentions: by keeping quiet I was walking into a trap . ∎  figurative an unpleasant ...

DEVILS WORK TRAP TO PERFECTION.(SPORTS)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  April 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ......has its full-court press, hockey has its trap. And no team does it better than the New...'s the famed - or infamous - neutral-zone trap, and it's a key reason New Jersey sits...atop the NHL's Eastern Conference. The trap in hockey is analogous to the full-court...

Applying Satellite-Estimated Storm Rotation Speed to Improve Typhoon...

Weather and Forecasting;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......information in the tropical rainfall potential (TRaP) technique, an improved typhoon rainfall potential technique can be constructed...over the original TRaP method. Therefore...the 24-h tropical rainfall potential. Results of the study...

Steam trap test methods cut costs and save energy. (heating, ventilation...

Plant Engineering;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Determining whether or not a steam trap is working properly is often a mystery...impossible to see inside a working steam trap because it is made of steel, stainless...expenses) to generate 1000 lb of steam, each trap wastes $6300 or a total of $63,000 annually...

The sacred trap: is something coming to replace the P-trap? Time will...

Plumbing & Mechanical;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......learn in the plumbing profession is that the trap is sacred. This small U-bend device, or P-trap, if you prefer, provides a level of protection...OMITTED] I was taught that you don't screw with a trap. Furthermore, you make sure you always install...

Wild puzzled by flap about `trap'.(SPORTS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......minutes talking about the neutral-zone trap. Wait. Hold on. Don't go, don't start searching...obligated to know exactly what a neutral-zone trap is. After all, it's a phrase that follows...that someone starts griping about the trap or the Wild's system, or even something...

Steam Trap Troubles? Skip the Psychics.(Statistical Data Included)

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  June 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ......consider an exorcist for solving your steam trap problems. There is a much more reliable way: Just understand how a steam trap works. That is the goal of this two-part...little understanding of the purpose of a trap and how it works, you can eliminate much...

Hurricane "Rainfall Potential" Derived from Satellite Observations Aids...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......overland conditions is much weaker. The rainfall potential is defined by using the satellite-deriv...examines the capability of the overocean rainfall potential to predict a storm's likelihood of...index is introduced based on the rainfall potential study. This index can be used to...

Simplifying steam trap selection. (fluid handling)

Plant Engineering;  January 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......the process Trying to decide what steam trap to specify is often confusing to plant...operations of various types of traps. A steam trap is an automatic valve designed to remove...and carbon dioxide from steam lines. The trap opens automatically to discharge condensate...

Simplifying steam trap selection.

Plant Engineering;  June 19, 1995 ;     700+ words ......the process Trying to decide what steam trap to specify is often confusing to plant...operations of various types of traps. A steam trap is an automatic valve designed to remove...and carbon dioxide from steam lines. The trap opens automatically to discharge condensate...

Riverwoods attorney: coyote trap legally set

Deerfield Review (IL);  November 30, 2000 ;     325 words ...The coyote trap that snared the leg of a dog last month...resident's dog became caught in a coyote trap set on a neighboring property Oct. 30, and...Village attorney Bruce Huvard said the coyote trap was legally set under state statutes, even...